3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (599+ words) Ancient builders hauled 25-ton stones 18 kilometers across Yorkshire to build Britain’s tallest surviving prehistoric stone row, a new study finds. The stones form the Devil’s Arrows near Boroughbridge in northern England. Three giant gritstone pillars still stand there, with the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (547+ words) Twenty-five coffins and sarcophagi found in a family mausoleum in southwestern Poland contain the remains of members of the von Hochberg family, former owners of Książ Castle. The burials date from the 18th and 19th centuries. Researchers found them inside the von…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (467+ words) Archaeologists are excavating the remains of a medieval settlement near Halberstadt in central Germany. The site lies beside the Frevelgraben, east of the city, near Gessnerstraße. The Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt began work at the site in March....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (501+ words) A 1,800-year-old iron shield boss containing cremated human bones has been rescued from a scrap yard in eastern Poland. The rare find points to a destroyed burial linked to the Przeworsk culture and Vandal communities. Museum staff identified the object…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (514+ words) Bronze Age pottery from a desert oasis in northwestern Arabia shows signs of one of the earliest known brands, according to a new study. Researchers say the vessels had a fixed visual style, a steady method of production, a known…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (656+ words) A 10th-century chamber grave found near Suzdal has given archaeologists new evidence of an early elite presence in northeastern Rus’. The burial contains the remains of a man, a horse, and a dog, along with weapons, riding gear, and other…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (466+ words) A new study from the University of Staffordshire has found health risks linked to online sales of mummified human as well as animal remains. Researchers reviewed 128 posts from social media, online stores, e-commerce sites, as well as auction houses. Human…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (429+ words) The wreck of Royal Navy warship HMS Tiger has been found in the English Channel, 118 years after a deadly collision sank the vessel off the Isle of Wight. A team of divers and maritime historians from ProjectXplore located the wreck…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (249+ words) Archaeologists have uncovered a group of carved grave stelae, pottery coffins, and funerary amulets at Tell El-Deir in Egypt’s Damietta Governorate. The finds came during the current excavation season led by the Egyptian mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (455+ words) People across history have honored their dead in many different ways. One tradition, now rare in much of the world, placed family members inside or beside their homes after death. A study published in American Antiquity found this practice was…...